Author: Emily Harris
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252067142
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Exhibition guide on the traveling photography exhibition and subsequent book titled Prairie Passage, by Edward Ranney.
Prairie Passage
Author: Emily Harris
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252067142
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Exhibition guide on the traveling photography exhibition and subsequent book titled Prairie Passage, by Edward Ranney.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252067142
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Exhibition guide on the traveling photography exhibition and subsequent book titled Prairie Passage, by Edward Ranney.
Illinois and Michigan Canal Corridor
Author: John D. Peine
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor, Illinois
Author: A. Berle Clemensen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canals
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Author: David A. Belden
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738582972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Pictures and histories of canals in northeastern Illinois.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738582972
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Pictures and histories of canals in northeastern Illinois.
Starved Rock State Park
Author: Dennis Cremin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738519906
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Visitors to Starved Rock State Park are often struck by the grandeur of its rustic lodge. They marvel at its massive fireplace and hand-hewn logs. Yet few realize that this structure is a tangible reminder of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which in the 1930s provided work for young men left unemployed by the Great Depression. Starved Rock Lodge was one of the biggest projects of the "CCC boys" along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, but it was far from the only one. Working as a team and living in camps from Willow Springs to La Salle-Peru, they built facilities that transformed the old canal into what became the I&M Canal State Trail (1974) and the nation's first National Heritage Corridor (1984). President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nation-wide program preserved the landscape from the ravages of soil erosion, flooding, and deforestation. In the process, the young men built beautiful parks, buildings, and shelters that we use and admire today.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738519906
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Visitors to Starved Rock State Park are often struck by the grandeur of its rustic lodge. They marvel at its massive fireplace and hand-hewn logs. Yet few realize that this structure is a tangible reminder of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which in the 1930s provided work for young men left unemployed by the Great Depression. Starved Rock Lodge was one of the biggest projects of the "CCC boys" along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, but it was far from the only one. Working as a team and living in camps from Willow Springs to La Salle-Peru, they built facilities that transformed the old canal into what became the I&M Canal State Trail (1974) and the nation's first National Heritage Corridor (1984). President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nation-wide program preserved the landscape from the ravages of soil erosion, flooding, and deforestation. In the process, the young men built beautiful parks, buildings, and shelters that we use and admire today.
Canal Boats Along the Illinois and Michigan Canal
Author: Floyd R. Mansberger
Publisher: Illinois Transporatation Archaeological Research Program
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Publisher: Illinois Transporatation Archaeological Research Program
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods
Author: Pat Camalliere
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937484446
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A legendary water beast, mysterious wolves, and an unsolved murder echo through two centuries. Wawetseka, a Potawatomi woman, is shocked when a body washes up near her village, but events soon turn worse: her only son is arrested for murder. To free him she must track down the real killer. Her investigation takes her through the wilderness of 1817 northern Illinois and to Fort Dearborn as she races desperately, fighting the harsh terrain and the realities of vigilante justice. Two centuries later, Wawetseka's descendent, Nick Pokagon, a charismatic young scientist, partners with Cora Tozzi, Cisco, and Frannie to publish Wawetseka's adventures. But then Cora and her friends are attacked. What does Wawetseka's story have to do with the present? How can the mysterious assailant be stopped? The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods tells two related stories with unexpected parallels. It is both a fast-paced adventure and a mystery that paints a picture of the little-known earliest days of what is now Lemont, Illinois. Readers who enjoy amateur sleuths and adventure will find it hard to put down.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937484446
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A legendary water beast, mysterious wolves, and an unsolved murder echo through two centuries. Wawetseka, a Potawatomi woman, is shocked when a body washes up near her village, but events soon turn worse: her only son is arrested for murder. To free him she must track down the real killer. Her investigation takes her through the wilderness of 1817 northern Illinois and to Fort Dearborn as she races desperately, fighting the harsh terrain and the realities of vigilante justice. Two centuries later, Wawetseka's descendent, Nick Pokagon, a charismatic young scientist, partners with Cora Tozzi, Cisco, and Frannie to publish Wawetseka's adventures. But then Cora and her friends are attacked. What does Wawetseka's story have to do with the present? How can the mysterious assailant be stopped? The Mystery at Black Partridge Woods tells two related stories with unexpected parallels. It is both a fast-paced adventure and a mystery that paints a picture of the little-known earliest days of what is now Lemont, Illinois. Readers who enjoy amateur sleuths and adventure will find it hard to put down.
The Mystery at Sag Bridge
Author: Pat Camalliere
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937484309
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A century-old murder mystery A dangerous ghost An amateur historian... What binds them together? Cora Tozzi is a retired businesswoman who, after nursing her mother through her final illness, wishes only for a peaceful orderly world in her suburban Chicago home. When an angry spirit begins to leave cryptic messages on her computer and threatens those around her, Cora is forced to dig into the town's notorious past to uncover secrets that will free the bonds that tie her and the spirit. With the help of her husband and their friend, Frannie, Cora uses her skills as an amateur historian in a search that takes them into unexpected terrain including subterranean passages, an eerie graveyard, and shadowy paths in isolated forests where a sinister predator is awakened. As they battle unpredictable supernatural powers, the story takes a poignant turn: the spirit's life is revealed, and both women, a century apart, examine threads into the past and the future, their loss and longing linked across the generations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937484309
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A century-old murder mystery A dangerous ghost An amateur historian... What binds them together? Cora Tozzi is a retired businesswoman who, after nursing her mother through her final illness, wishes only for a peaceful orderly world in her suburban Chicago home. When an angry spirit begins to leave cryptic messages on her computer and threatens those around her, Cora is forced to dig into the town's notorious past to uncover secrets that will free the bonds that tie her and the spirit. With the help of her husband and their friend, Frannie, Cora uses her skills as an amateur historian in a search that takes them into unexpected terrain including subterranean passages, an eerie graveyard, and shadowy paths in isolated forests where a sinister predator is awakened. As they battle unpredictable supernatural powers, the story takes a poignant turn: the spirit's life is revealed, and both women, a century apart, examine threads into the past and the future, their loss and longing linked across the generations.
Illinois
Author: Harry Victor Church
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A Canal Conversation
Author: Robert G. Shibley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description